Chapter 1107 - Taikan Kyohosyugi and Carrier Battle Group (1/2)

Taikan Kyohosyugi: The principle of big ships and big guns, a naval tactics used by the Japanese in the Second World War where achieving victory would be dependent upon the effective use of a strong battleship force.

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At the main axis area of the space elevator was the gravity-free section of Celestial City and the port of the city. Since the launch of the asteroid mining program, countless small and medium-sized transport vessels docked against the port, as they waited for the robotic arms to load and unload the ores inside the containers.

In addition to the transport vessels that carried ores, a passenger ship shaped like a cuboid occasionally flew out from the transfer station and headed for the Moon. Since Celestial Trade announced regular flights between Earth and the Moon, travel between Lunar City and Earth became much more frequent.

The size of Lunar City had expanded significantly compared to before. Living units circled the central square, connected by graphene pipes. A total of nearly 10,000 people called this place home, and most of them were part of the young labor force with high education levels.

To meet the needs of the citizens, Celestial Trade also built an elementary school, a junior high school, a senior high school, a community college, a hospital, a police station and other municipal facilities around the central square. Celestial Trade also opened bids for the construction of hotels, bars, cafes, and other entertainment facilities.

In addition to the resident population, at least 4,000 passengers traveled between Lunar City and Celestial City daily. These people included immigrants to the Moon, tourists, or investors looking for opportunities.

A series of electrolysis chambers and lunar ice drilling exploratory wells were constructed to produce a steady stream of oxygen and hydrogen for the colony. The rare earth mining stations with robotic arms and a lunar refinery that produced helium-3 supported the economy and industry of Lunar City.

Sixty percent of the world’s iron and aluminum mines and eighty percent of rare earth mines were connected by the 36,000-kilometer elevators.

It was precisely because of this that there was the 50% defense tax which made the capitalists in the Western Hemisphere ache in pain.

The decision was a blow right to their chest, and they were forced to be labeled as “scared”…

In the lift cabin of the space elevator, Wu Changfeng stood quietly at the window and looked out at the dark-colored mega-ship.

“SS Seagull”—a name not unfamiliar to anyone. The ship equipped with the Red River X1 engine was personally named by Jiang Chen. It was the first 500,000-ton ship of Celestial Trade and the first interstellar ship of the Earth civilization. Since then, any 500,000-ton ship produced by Celestial Trade was named after the Seagull-class.

The 600-meter-long hull was connected to the main axis of the elevator by a cantilever. It looked massive from the distance and made the spacecraft moving around it look so insignificant.

In the eyes of Wu Changfeng, the size of the Seagull-class transport ship was already large enough. It was at least the size of three aircraft carriers connected together. However, even a mighty ship this size couldn’t serve as the main force in the fight against Harmony.

He couldn’t help but feel concerned about the future of Earth.

What kind of enemy are we facing?

“What are you looking at?” Lu Hao walked beside him and smiled.

Lu Hao, the former Captain of the Nanning Destroyer, ranked Admiral. He served as a representative on the Hua side.

Wu Changfeng turned his head as his colleague started to chat with him, he was about to say something, but when his eyes stopped on his arm, he swallowed his words.

Lu Hao saw the message in Wu Changfeng’s eyes. He sighed, helplessly lifted up his sleeve, and showed him the needle hole on his arm.

“You also injected?” Wu Changfeng raised an eyebrow. While his expression didn’t change, the caution in his mind gradually disappeared.

“Do you think that if I didn’t inject that, they would let us go so easily?” Lu Hao helplessly lowered his sleeve again.

Wu Changfeng frowned and quickly understood what he meant.

A smile formed on the expressionless face as he whispered.

“We haven’t heard of any DNA telomere-modified serum and haven’t injected anything.”

“Of course. You didn’t think I would’ve written that in the report?” Lu Hao laughed and shook his head. “I’m not that stupid. It would’ve definitely caused us trouble.”

Wu Changfeng nodded.